{"57682":{"#nid":"57682","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jun-Sheng Li: Rising to the Top of the Logistics Profession","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJun-Sheng Li survived famine, political persecution, and exile to reach Georgia Tech from China. Now, he is reshaping the U.S. transportation industry from his office in Lowell, Arkansas.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlready president of the logistics division of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, the nation\u0027s largest publicly traded carrier, Li was also named executive vice president of integrated solutions for the transportation giant in 1998. Li, who received his master\u0027s in IE in 1986 and his doctorate in 1989, built the logistics division of Schneider National of Green Bay, Wisconsin, before joining Hunt. He has transformed Hunt\u0027s fledgling logistics operation into the fastest-growing division of the company, with some of the largest logistics contracts in the nation, including J.C. Penney, Wal-Mart, and Target.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELi\u0027s rise to the top of his profession was not the traditional climb up the corporate ladder. Born in China in 1958, Li and his family endured physical labor, famine, and hunger after his father was imprisoned for writing articles critical of the government. Forbidden to attend national university, he educated himself in science and English until Mao Tse-Tung\u0027s death opened the doors to further opportunity in China. Even then, he was forced to major in English, and later earned a master\u0027s in business administration. Along the way he studied under Dr. John Bartholdi (ISyE Professor).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELi taught management science before accepting a scholarship to Georgia Tech in 1985. At Tech, he was presented the Institute\u0027s prestigious Wunch Award and was named Outstanding Young Engineer in 1995.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the proudest moment of his life came in November 1998 when, as a naturalized American citizen, he cast his first ballot. Li and his wife live in Springdale, Arkansas, with their two children.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2001-03-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:35","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2001-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2001-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"57458","name":"ISyE External News"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}